Expression of melatonin synthesis genes is controlled by a circadian clock in the pike pineal organ but not in the trout

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 399-405

  Coon, Steven L ^a   Bégay, Valérie ^b   Falcón, Jack ^b   Klein, David C ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Circadian; Melatonin; Pineal; Serotonin N acetyltransferase

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN N ACETYLTRANSFERASE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST; TROUT;

SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032158332     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-4900(98)80089-0     Document Type: Article

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